Just-in-Time Related Topics 
The Network Effect
OCTOBER 6, 2016
Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing strategies bring tremendous value to companies employing them, but are they missing out on the huge opportunity. The post Extending JIT Value Beyond Enterprise Boundaries appeared first on The Network Effect.
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
The Alibaba initial public offering (IPO) is just weeks away and things already look promising for the Chinese e-commerce giant. In a recent New York Times article, “ Mobile Sales Lift Alibaba Profit Nearly Threefold, Ahead of I.P.O ,” profit numbers for the last quarter have tripled to $2 billion, with sales jumping 45% to $2.5
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The Network Effect
OCTOBER 31, 2014
creating for the first time a set of measurements that are both operational and financial in nature, that aggregate from the boiler to the board room, and that can map into the chart of accounts as defined in the enterprise financial system. Responsibility, Accountability, Authority, and Measurability.
The Network Effect
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Four times he’d interviewed for an NFL head coaching position and four times he’d come up short. Most NFL owners just didn’t think he could do it and wondered how he would be able to teach new habits to hardened NFL players. Dungy however, had waited and labored hard to get his first big coaching break. Ever wonder why?
The Network Effect
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
The answer mainly lies in new real time inventory management programs that major retailers are implementing: A large piece of the disconnect between freight and small parcel stems from currently high inventory levels, which retailers think they can sell off online come December. Image Credit: Flickr user Queen Bee. Why is this happening?
The Network Effect
MARCH 4, 2015
One of the prescribed drugs at the time was a hallucinogenic, call belladonna and Bob was receiving daily doses. As it turns out, just about everything. Products are planned, in a time-phased manner, over a long planning horizon and when they reach the lead time, are systematically converted to an order. Simple, right?
The Network Effect
JUNE 4, 2014
To the extent that a retailer represented a large proportion of a supplier’s production schedule, it was only prudent to place promo orders on a much longer lead time than regular orders. That every store and DC had the “right” amount of inventory at all times. Nor does the underlying nature of inventory or orders.
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